Biochemical Genetics publishes peer-reviewed articles that address the biochemical principles underlying genome structure, expression and evolution, and which cover pure and applied approaches focusing on all life forms.

Its original, methodological and review articles are devoted to:
-Basic research on genome structure and mapping, gene expression and regulation, genetic variation, evolution and phylogenetics;
- Applied research on conservation genetics, agricultural genetics, and genetic epidemiology.

Biochemical Genetics welcomes original manuscripts that address and test clear scientific hypotheses, are directed to a broad scientific audience, and clearly contribute to the advancement of the field through the use of sound sampling or experimental design, reliable analytical methodologies and robust statistical analyses.

Although studies focusing on particular regions and target organisms are welcome, it is not the journal’s goal to publish essentially descriptive studies that provide results with narrow applicability, or are based on very small samples or pseudoreplication.

Rather, Biochemical Genetics welcomes review articles that go beyond summarizing previous publications and create added value through the systematic analysis and critique of the current state of knowledge or by conducting meta-analyses.

Methodological articles are also within the scope of Biological Genetics, particularly when new laboratory techniques or computational approaches are fully described and thoroughly compared with the existing benchmark methods.

Biochemical Genetics welcomes articles on the following topics:

Genomics
Proteomics
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Metagenomics
Microbial genetics
Genetics and evolution of wild and cultivated plants
Animal genetics and evolution
Human genetics and evolution
Genetic disorders
Genetic markers of diseases
Gene technology and therapy
Experimental and analytical methods
Statistical and computational methods.

Editor-in-Chief:
Luís Filipe Dias e Silva
Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Department of Biology,
University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Editorial Board:
Megahed H. Ammar
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Rice Research and Training Center, Sakha, Egypt

Theodora Benedek
University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Târgu Mureș, Romania

Ganesh Chauhan
Center for Brain Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Nejat Dalay
I.U Oncology Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
Benjamin Delatte 
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
Carlos García-Verdugo
Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
Nguyen Huy Hoang
Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Hanoi, Vietnam

Xing Jian
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Radka Kaneva
Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Yan Li
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
Jasna Lovrić
University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Andrés Martínez Lage
University of Coruna, La Coruna, Spain
Rituraj Purohit
CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, India

Raghuprakash Kastoori Ramamurthy
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA

Katja Repnik
University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Maria Romeiras
University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Fernando Tavares
CIBIO, Porto, Portugal

Mónica Maria Tavares Moura
CIBIO-InBIO, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Kunjupillai Vijayan
Central Silk Board, Bangalore, India
Kursat Oguz Yaykasli
Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Congcong Yin 
Henry Ford Cancer Institute & Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA